Alcohol and you

There is no level of drinking that is completely safe. Alcohol can increase the risk of damage to your body over the short and long term. The National Health and Medical Research Council recommends the following to help you reduce the health risks related to alcohol:

GUIDELINE 1 – have no more than two standard drinks on any day to reduce the risk of alcohol-related harm over a lifetime.

GUIDELINE 2 – have no more than four standard drinks on a single occasion to reduce the risk of injury on a single occasion.

GUIDELINE 3 – for young people under 18 year of age no alcohol is the safest choice.

GUIDELINE 4 – for women who are pregnant, planning a pregnancy or breastfeeding not drinking is the safest option.

To learn more about alcohol, the effects of alcohol and the harms associated with alcohol use, visit the Alcohol.Think Again website. It provides a range of information about alcohol, including:

We acknowledge Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of our State and its waters. The Commission wishes to pay its respects to Elders both past and present and extend this to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples seeing this message.